Tom Dooley

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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, 
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hang down your head and cry.
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, 
poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Verse 1]
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  I took her on the mountain,   
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there I took her life,
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  met her on the mountain,   
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stabbed her with my knife.

[Chorus]
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Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley,
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 hang down your head and cry.
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  Hang down your head, Tom   
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Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Verse 2]
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  I reckon in the morning, 
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reckon where I'll be,
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  hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a
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 been in Tennessee.

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[Chorus]
A                        A        
Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley,
 A                       E
 hang down your head and cry.
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  Hang down your head, Tom   
    E                      A
Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Verse 3]
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  I reckon in the morning, 
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reckon where I'll be,
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I'd been in the valley, I'm 
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hanging on a white oak tree.

[Chorus]
A                        A       
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, 
A                       E
hang down your head and cry.
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Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, 
E                      A
poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
A                        A        
Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley,
 A                       E
 hang down your head and cry.
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Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley,
 E                      A
 poor boy, you're gonna die.

[Interlude] (with skat)
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[End-Chorus]
A                          A     
  Hang down your head, Tom   
    A                       E
Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
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Hang down your head, Tom   Dooley,
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 poor boy, you're gonna die.
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  Hang down your head, Tom   
    E                              
Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
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